Students:Tourists group: Difference between revisions

In the beginning our wishes and recommendations can be found. The second part of our paper is devoted to present our perspective on history of the region, its environment and nature, local people, traditions, religion, cross-border relations, accommodation, infrastructure, entertainment and available activities, art, architecture, food and local curiosities. This part is largely supposed to provide background data for the group work and its quality can be varying.

== Priorities ==

=== What are our wishes ===

=== Recommendations ===

Creation of regional tourist package for first time tourists coming to this area. The obstacles might be smaller by not needing to search for accommodation, activities and sightseeing. The next time modular system can be used to individualize the holiday. Therefore an functional over all tourism marketing is necessary. To make booking easier, an internet based booking-system in various languages is useful.

====Far-reaching problems====

*The mining activities have an health influence on workers as well as an on tourists.

*Functionalist architecture of new-build most an similar 70s skyscrapers. This region was “object” to important historic changes.

*The mountains have a changing history. They are rich of ores, minerals, water, wood and black coal by nature. But this is not obviously visible by tourists. A lot of explanation has to be made by guides or museums. Knowledge about history and environment would have to be transformed from scientific research into easily understandable tourist brochures.

== Topics of interest ==

=== History ===

The ore mountains are secondary mountains between Germany and Czech republic in middle of Europe. The highest mountain is called Klínovec (Keilberg) with the amount of 1.244 m located on the Czech side of the mountains. These mountains have a changing history. They are rich of ores, minerals, water, wood and black coal by nature.

* destroyed landscape and “moon landscape”

* destroyed forests due to acidified soil/ acid rain during 80s/ 90s. Forest died on large scale or were clear cut because so heavily affected.  Clear cutting also led to a seperation of ecosystems.

=== People, Traditions, Religion, Cross-border relations ===

* versatile controlled destruction and decline of the region - good people were going away and bad people going in

* the German side of this border region is specific by the better situation and by the smaller number of far-reaching problems - people are friendlier, linked with their towns or villages and environment, than they are on the Czech side

====Traditions====

Former inhabitants of the Czech side of the region were rich in their cultural traditions, crafts, skills and knowledge. Wood industry with associated fields such as wood carving, wood art, production of toys and other products. Traditional farming were great examples of local people’s skills. Various colourful cultural traditions and customs were characteristic for local dwellers. On the Czech side nearly everything of these previous crafts have not been preserved until today - few customs remains predominantly in villages Other side on the border, the German side can gather from the well preserved history -people knowledgeable of cultural traditions as well as wood products manufacturing skills, broadly sustainably developed in the area.

====Religion====

Lot of tourists are focused to visit religious sites, as well as religious festivals and traditions. Therefore, religion activities can be very significant for this region.But there is a presently better situation is on the German side of the border. However both churches, Catholic on Czech side and Protestant on German side, suffer members fading.

====Cross-border relations====

=== Entertainment and available activities ===

In the Most Region offers a broad range of activities. Active and sports people will be glad to find hiking trails (also connected to Germany), skiing hills in the winter, cross country skiing and slopes for mountain biking. Many websites of tourism information provide good information on hiking trails.

=== Art, architecture, food and local curiosities ===

The Czech Food is well known in middle Europe an connected to all the states around especially to Austria. Typical side dish are dumplings. These can be made of potatoes, yeast, bread or both. Next to it a huge range of meat and joints will be offered. Local dishes are part of our interests and create an impression of the country.

====Architecture====

In the Most region, of course, Most is the biggest city. Besides, there are Litvínov and Jirkov. The old royal town Most with its ancient architecture is no longer visible, as the town was removed and rebuilt, due to mining activities. The changes of architecture within the time would be an interesting topic for architecture fans. This, as well as other chapters of history seem not be profoundly reappraised and information is not provided a lot. Little villages appear poorly maintained and predominantly their architecture is not very valuable.